Experience

Stichter Riedel Blain & Postler P.A.

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Shareholder

  • Apr 2005 - Present

  Edward J. Peterson, III specializes in the representation of debtors and creditors in out-of-court workouts, bankruptcy cases and proceedings, and state court proceedings.Edward served as lead debtor's counsel in the Chapter 11 case of Boyd Brothers, Inc., a printing company in Panama City, Florida that employs approximately 110 employees. The company successfully reorganized in September 2012. Additionally, Edward was also lead counsel for several shopping centers that filed for Chapter 11 protection. Moreover, Edward served as lead counsel in the Chapter 11 case of South Bay Lube, which owns 23 Jiffy Lube stores and employs over 200 employees. The company successfully reorganized in March 2013.Edward was co-lead counsel with Russell Blain in the Chapter 11 case of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. that was filed in Jacksonville, Florida with approximately $1 billion in assets and liabilities. Edward also served as co-counsel with Mr. Blain in the Chapter 11 case filed by Ocala Funding, LLC, a subsidiary of Taylor Bean, that had approximately $3 billion in liabilities and $1 billion in assets. He has successfully represented numerous debtors in possession in the Middle District of Florida, was active as counsel for the Creditors’ Committee in the massive Anchor Glass Chapter 11 case, and served as conflicts counsel in the Bill Heard Chevrolet cases pending in the Northern District of Alabama. He also appears regularly in state courts in connection with civil litigation arising out of loans secured by real estate in the Florida panhandle and elsewhere. He serves as vice president of the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association, has published several articles on bankruptcy issues, and has spoken on multiple occasions on insolvency issues in Florida and Alabama.